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WILLIAM DALE SECOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1950 – July 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Dale Secor, of Kelso, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 113
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Kelso, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 113
- ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · July 2, 1970
- FRANK ANTHONY WEBSTERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- REXFORD EARLE WILSONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 109
- SHERMAN PONDEXTER DAVISCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 114
From Kelso
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- DALE LYNN KRUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.